Have you ever wanted to buy a game on Steam but didn't know if it was good? Have you ever had just enough money for an indie game but didn't know whether it was worth buying? Have you ever asked yourself, "Should I buy this game?"

Then you're in luck. Here, you can ask others questions about any game on Steam or any other game on any console, whether it is about the graphics, the plot, the game play, or even the length.

Rules

Explain why you are not sure you want to buy the game in your post. People can't help you figure out your problems if you don't express yourself.

You may not make threads about unreleased games. Only ones that are available to play commercially.

Check to make sure that the topic on your thread hasn't been made with the search bar. Recent reposts are bad. If you feel your question has not been answered by the previous thread, contact a moderator for an appeal.

No spoilers without a warning. Spoilers include, and are not limited to, revealing something about the plot late in the game or explaining an important plot point. This goes for both comments and posts. Mark something as a spoiler by putting the spoiler text in brackets like so [Spoiler text] followed by the spoiler tag, (/spoiler). It should appear as like this: Broodje eats socks!

Please no trading here. While giving away games is fine, this is not the place for the trading of games of any sort. Go to /r/SteamGameSwap to do that.

You may not suggest in any way to illegally obtain a game. While we do not care to pry into your own personal decision, we will not allow you to tell others to emulate, torrent, pirate, or in any other way get a hold of a game without legal consent of the producer. This goes for both comments and posts.

Post Format

SIBname of game [specific info]?

WSIB [specific info]?

YSB/YSNBname of game

SIB = Should I Buy

WSIB = What Should I Buy

YSB/YSNB = You Should Buy/You Should Not Buy

Titles should be short and concise. In the description of your post, describe why, how, and what you are confused about. Users should not have to ask you clarification questions. All threads with no added information will be removed on sight.

You can also add link flair tags after you created your post! Click the 'Flair' button after publishing your thread to choose a suitable flair.

Useful Links

r/gamingsuggestions: For all your gaming questions that aren't games! Go here for accessories and more!

r/AskGames: Have a more general question about gaming? This is the subreddit for you! It's like AskReddit but for games.

r/Truegaming: If you are looking for deep, insightful and abstract discussion regarding games this is the unique subreddit for just that.

r/Lowendgaming: Does your computer stutter when you play minesweeper? Feel no shame! Over at r/lowendgaming, they know that not everyone can have a GTXVI 9999 videocard and they've got your back!

r/gamedeals: They've got a great eye on all the amazing deals you've never heard of.

r/Indiegaming: Tired of all the blockbuster titles that only disappoint? Head over to r/Indiegaming and rejoice in this fantastic era of gaming!

r/patientgamers: Do you feel left out because you can't (or won't) buy games at $60 a pop? Find your gaming soul mates at the subreddit with the greatest amount of self control.

r/gamesociety: A tightly-knit, well organized community that is reddit's "book club for games".

r/CasualGames: A lace to discuss video games in a casual, laid back environment.

This week, as our subreddit continues to grow even larger, we're getting more and more members that are making bigger and better posts, more intelligent recommendations, and beautiful flowing sentences. This week's winner wasn't a YSB, it was a work of art. The winner in the length of a medium-sized post weaved the tale of his life with video games. His spectacular story telling all leading up to the recommendation of a good (albeit old) game is exactly what we're looking for as a YSB. It feels more like he's telling the story than giving his advice and that is much more valuable than posts that give a lot of information. The YSBs that convince you to buy a game are the ones that put their heart and souls into them and that is why I am honored to award this week's YSB Legend Award to the spectacular /u/mechroid with one of the most thought-provoking YSB I've ever read on Mirror's Edge. Good job mech, I really hope to see more of you and your great writing.

Comment Master

This week, you guys continue to grow in prowess of your posts. I thought a long while about that we had reached the limit of what you guys could produce, but boy was I wrong. Not only do I continually receive consistently solid work from users like Aidinthel and factoryofsadness, but I'm also getting some amazing work from lesser known users like IsD_ and happy_toaster which are starting to get to the same level. But the winner of the Comment Master Award this week goes to an extremely well written post, one that brought on some interesting discussion (before it was deleted) but nonetheless was a great post. So without further delay, I award this week's Comment Master Award to /u/fleshgrind with his awesome competitive recommendation of Guild Wars 2. It was a great post on a great thread and I encourage all of you to check it out.

Overall Hero

You guys are really putting me in a dilemma. It's gotten to the point where it used to be 50ish threads a week up to a 100, from 5 posts average per thread to almost 20 and I'm stuck. There are just too many of you. As I go through the threads, I see familiar names, unfamiliar names, making both amazing posts and not-so amazing posts. The problem is: nothing stands out. This subreddit has grown so big that I can't discern one outstanding individual that can represent the subreddit not because you guys are doing so terribly, but because all of you have stepped up your game so much that it's like asking me to pick the brightest star in the sky. So this week, I award no one the Overall Hero Award until I can figure out how to deal with you. So sorry guys, I'll get it sorted out and this Award WILL return next week!

I hope all of you learn from these fine members of our community and game on!

I just noticed this and thanks for the award. I've been contributing as often as possible since the beginning of the Steam Summer Sale when this sub experienced a good growth. I enjoy checking here first when I'm in a buying mood. Thanks for doing things like this to keep this small-ish community active.